Was ist PowerPivot?
PowerPivot ist eines der neuen Microsoft BI Features. Es handelt sich um ein Excel Add-In, dass sich für Microsoft Office Excel 2010 (leider nicht für Excel 2007) installieren lässt. Eine sehr gute...
View ArticleProjekt Dallas – Step by Step
Der Startpunkt befindet sich auf der Seite http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsAzure/dallas/. Wie melde ich mich bei “Dallas” an? Zunächst benötigt man eine Windows Azure Subscription. Dazu muss man sich...
View ArticleSelf-Service BI, PowerPivot and the future of traditional BI (DWH, OLAP, MDX)
SQL Server 2008R2 | Excel 2010/PowerPivot Since I’m using the recently released Microsoft PowerPivot Add-In for Excel 2010 and when reading the rumors about the future of traditional OLAP and MDX there...
View ArticleSemi additive measures in DAX / BISM Tabular
SQL Server Denali | PowerPivot Semi additive measures, i.e. measures that have to be aggregated differently over different dimensions, are commonly used in BI solutions. One example could be stock...
View ArticleCustom Aggregates in DAX / BISM Tabular (part 1)
SQL Server Denali | PowerPivot Custom aggregates can be created using cube scripts in BISM multidimensional (SSAS OLAP cubes). How can we do this with BISM tabular? In many cases, simple DAX...
View ArticleSparse Snapshots in DAX / BISM Tabular
SQL Server 2012/Denali | PowerPivot In my last post I wrote about using delta values instead of full snapshots. However, the amount of data is identical if we using a sparse snapshots instead. For this...
View ArticleConnecting to PDW from PowerPivot
PDW v1/v2 When connecting to a PDW from PowerPivot, there might be some confusion about what to enter as the server name. Confusion might even start at the very beginning when choosing the proper...
View ArticleVisualizing motion in Power Map for Excel
This blog post is about the possibilities and the potential of the Excel add-in Power Map. Power Map is a 3D data visualization tool which allows you to analyze your data visually. Through the use of a...
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